Galina Zhigunova took part in the Sochi Olympics torch relay in front of the Church of the Saviour on Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October. The four-month Sochi torch relay is the longest in the history of the Olympics.
Galina Zhigunova took part in the Sochi Olympics torch relay in front of the Church of the Saviour on Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October. The four-month Sochi torch relay is the longest in the history of the Olympics.
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Torchbearers raised their torches at a copper-processing plant in Norilsk in November. The relay began Oct. 7 in Moscow.
Torchbearers raised their torches at a copper-processing plant in Norilsk in November. The relay began Oct. 7 in Moscow.
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A torchbearer rode atop a dump truck in Kedrovsky coal mine in Russia’s west Siberian Kemerovo region.
A torchbearer rode atop a dump truck in Kedrovsky coal mine in Russia’s west Siberian Kemerovo region.
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Diving torchbearers met underwater in Lake Baikal in November.
Diving torchbearers met underwater in Lake Baikal in November.
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Russian mountain-climber Vladimir Gunko raised the Olympic torch atop a rock at the Stolby National Nature Reserve. Some 14,000 torch bearers are taking part in the relay.
Russian mountain-climber Vladimir Gunko raised the Olympic torch atop a rock at the Stolby National Nature Reserve. Some 14,000 torch bearers are taking part in the relay.
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A miniature of the Winter Olympics Torch, created by Russian microminiaturist Anatoly Konenko, stood next to a life-size model of a dragonfly in Omsk in November.
A miniature of the Winter Olympics Torch, created by Russian microminiaturist Anatoly Konenko, stood next to a life-size model of a dragonfly in Omsk in November.
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Torch bearers held flags and an Olympic torch at the North Pole in October. The Olympic flame traveled to the Arctic on a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker.
Torch bearers held flags and an Olympic torch at the North Pole in October. The Olympic flame traveled to the Arctic on a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker.
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A torchbearer carried the torch across Lake Baikal on a water-powered jetboard. The relay stops at more than 130 cities and towns.
A torchbearer carried the torch across Lake Baikal on a water-powered jetboard. The relay stops at more than 130 cities and towns.
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A screen at the Mission Control Center in Korolyov, Russia, showed cosmonaut Oleg Kotov as he took the torch out of the International Space Station in November. It was the Olympic flame’s first-ever spacewalk.
A screen at the Mission Control Center in Korolyov, Russia, showed cosmonaut Oleg Kotov as he took the torch out of the International Space Station in November. It was the Olympic flame’s first-ever spacewalk.
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A torchbearer rode in a ski lift near Gorno-Altaysk, the capital town of Russia’s mountainous Altai Republic, in December.
A torchbearer rode in a ski lift near Gorno-Altaysk, the capital town of Russia’s mountainous Altai Republic, in December.
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A torchbearer rode in a reindeer sleigh in the West Siberian town of Novy Urengoy, 1,455 miles northeast of Moscow, in November.
A torchbearer rode in a reindeer sleigh in the West Siberian town of Novy Urengoy, 1,455 miles northeast of Moscow, in November.
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Torchbearers attended the welcome ceremony in Yelizovo Airport, in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on the Pacific coast, 4,204 miles east of Moscow, in November.
Torchbearers attended the welcome ceremony in Yelizovo Airport, in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on the Pacific coast, 4,204 miles east of Moscow, in November.
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A man swam with the Olympic flame in the Amur River in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, in November.
A man swam with the Olympic flame in the Amur River in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, in November.
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Torchbearer Alexei Radnayev galloped near Uhlan Ude, about 2,700 miles southeast of Moscow, in November.
Torchbearer Alexei Radnayev galloped near Uhlan Ude, about 2,700 miles southeast of Moscow, in November.
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Torchbearers passed the Olympic flame on the Kamchatka Peninsula in November. The flame carried by the torches will be used to light the Olympic caldron at Sochi’s stadium on Feb. 7, marking the start of the 2014 Winter Games, which run until Feb. 23.
Torchbearers passed the Olympic flame on the Kamchatka Peninsula in November. The flame carried by the torches will be used to light the Olympic caldron at Sochi’s stadium on Feb. 7, marking the start of the 2014 Winter Games, which run until Feb. 23.
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